Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 ModernNorwegian is the Norwegian language that emerged after the Middle Norwegian transition period 1350 1536 . The transition to ModernNorwegian is usually dated to 1525, or 1536, the year of the Protestant Reformation and the beginning of the Denmark Norway Kingdom of Denmark Norway 1536 1814 . The Norwegian linguistic term for ModernNorwegian is Nynorsk , literally New Norwegian . Nynorsk is also the name of a Norwegian written standard based on Norwegian dialects ModernNorwegian dialects , as opposed to the Norwegianisation of Danish language Danish . In contrast to Old Norse language , ModernNorwegian has simplified inflection s and a more fixed syntax. Old Norse vocabulary is to a considerable degree substituted by Middle Low German Low German , and this is the main reason why ModernNorwegian, together with contemporary Norwegian in general ..., even among users of ModernNorwegian dialects. The terms Nynorsk , ModernNorwegian and Contemporary Norwegian is somewhat confusing, because in Norwegian the same term Nynorsk is used for the two former, while Contemporary Norwegian easily could be called moderne norsk literally ModernNorwegian in Norwegian. See also valign top Language history Old Norse language Old Norwegian Middle Norwegian Dano NorwegianNorwegian language valign top Orthographies Bokm l official written language, based ... Icelandic language Icelandic and Faroese language Faroese see North Germanic languages . While ModernNorwegian is a linguistic term with a specific historical meaning, contemporary Norwegian also includes the Dano Norwegian Koin language koin now commonly known as Standard stnorsk Standard East Norwegian and the related official written standard Bokm l . Standard stnorsk is spoken by a large ... language, based on the Norwegian Dialects, compiled by Ivar Aasen Riksm l unofficial, based on Danish ... for Sprog og Litteratur . It was also the official name of Bokm l until 1929. Category Norwegian ... more details
Sisterlinks Norwegian Wiktionary norsk nordmann Norwegian may refer to Something of, from, or related to Norway , a country in northwestern Europe Norwegian people Demographics of Norway The Norwegian language , including the two official written forms Bokm l literally book language , used by 85 90 ref name Vik r of the population of Norway Nynorsk literally New Norwegian , used by 10 15 ref name Vik r of the population of Norway Norwegian Air Shuttle , an airline Norwegian coupling , used for narrow gauge railways Norwegian Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania , USA Norwegian Red , an internationally popular breed of dairy cattle Norwegian Forest Cat , a domestic cat breed See also Special Allpages Norwegian List of all pages beginning with Norwegian References Reflist refs ref name Vik r Vik r, Lars S. http www.sprakrad.no Politikk Fakta Fakta Fakta om norsk spr k Norwegian Language Council Spr kr det , accessed 30 August 2010 ref disambig bn de Norwegisch it Norvegese ... more details
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Norwegian written language in the 19th century, now known as Nynorsk , which is based on Modern ...otheruses Dano NorwegianNorwegian language Norwegian & Danish language Danish dansk norsk is a linguistic term for a Koine language koin that evolved among the urban elite in Norwegian cities during ... of contemporary Norwegian. History During the period of Danish rule, Norwegian writing died ... Norway s ties with Denmark were severed in 1814, a Dano Norwegian vernacular often called the cultivated everyday speech had become the mother tongue of parts of the urban elite. This new Dano Norwegian koin could be described as Danish with East Norwegian pronunciation, some Norwegian vocabulary, and a simplified grammar. At the start of the 20th century, written Norwegian still greatly resembled ... to the spoken koin Dano Norwegian , and the name Riksm l was officially adopted. In 1929 Riksm l officially changed name to Bokm l after a proposition to use the name Dano Norwegian lost with a single vote in the Storting Lagting a chamber in the Norwegian parliament ref cite web url http spr kr d.no ... Einar Lundeby title Stortinget og spr ksaken accessdate 2010 06 13 ref . Modern developments This section is linked from Norwegian language see also Norwegian language struggle Nowadays, the term ..., by actors etc. . There are, however, a number of spoken varieties of Norwegian that are close ... to historical Dano Norwegian notably, the higher sociolect in Oslo and in other Norwegian cities. A socially less distinct variety known as standard stnorsk Standard East Norwegian is increasingly becoming ... is also called the Oslo dialect , which is misleading since the Oslo dialect predates the Dano Norwegian ... in use, and since the koin language is not a dialect. Over the years the spoken Dano Norwegian standard and its successors, on the one hand, and ModernNorwegian dialects on the other hand have influenced each other. Nowadays, no clear dividing line can be drawn between the two. The term Dano Norwegian ... more details
right Norwegian Constitution Day dinner in the United States with lutefisk , rutabaga , Swedish meatballs meatballs , cranberries , and lefse Image VesterheimMainBldg.JPG thumb Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum in Decorah, Iowa The Norwegian diaspora consists of Norwegian emigrants and their descendants, especially those that maintain some of the customs of their Norwegian culture. Emigrants became Kola Norwegians , Norwegian American s, Norwegian Canadian s, Norwegian Australian s, Norwegian New Zealander s, and Norwegian South African s. History Norsemen left the area that is now the modern ..., Iceland was just one of many, the last settled colony of the Norwegian diaspora. Early reports ... were as yet unclaimed ... url http books.google.com books?id h 0fzWbcAM4C&pg PA4&dq Norwegian diaspora&hl ... Norwegian 20diaspora&f false isbn 0521735203 ref In the 1500s and 1600s there was a small scattering out of Norwegian people and culture as Norwegian tradesmen moved along the routes of the timber ... Dutch light in the Norwegian night maritime relations and migration year 2004 publisher page 46 quote ... century wave of Norwegian emigration began in 1825. The Midwestern United States , especially the states ... cite book author Frederick Hale author coauthors title Their own saga letters from the Norwegian global migration year 1986 publisher University of Minnesota Press page quote The Rim of the Norwegian Diaspora From the inception of organized Norwegian emigration in 1825, remained the destination of most ... books.google.com books?id lXsOAQAAMAAJ&q Norwegian diaspora&dq Norwegian diaspora&hl en&ei OQtgTf YJoWClAeH6PjbCw&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 1&ved 0CCcQ6AEwAA isbn ref The first modernNorwegian settlement in the United States was Norwegian Ridge, in what is now Spring Grove, Minnesota . ref cite book author Chad Muller coauthors title Spring Grove Minnesota s first Norwegian settlement year 2002 publisher Arcadia Publishing page quote Spring Grove Minnesota s First Norwegian Settlement ... more details
used in this template. Infobox Dogbreed akcfss akcgroup Herding akcstd http www.akc.org breeds norwegian buhund index.cfm altname Norsk Buhund br Norwegian Sheepdog ankcgroup Group 5 Working Dogs ankcstd ... image Norwegian Buhund 600.jpg image caption A wheaten Norwegian Buhund. kcukgroup Pastoral kcukstd http www.thekennelclub.org.uk item 142 name Norwegian Buhund nzkcgroup Working nzkcstd http www.nzkc.org.nz ... Cynologique Internationale breed standard. End Infobox Dogbreed info. Article Begins Here The Norwegian ... Sheepdog and the J mthund . The name Buhund is derived from the Norwegian word bu which means farm ... is used as an all purpose farm and herding dog, as well as watch dog. ref Norwegian Buhund, Norwegian Buhund Club of America Breed History. Norwegian Buhund, Norwegian Buhund Club of America Home. Web. 15 Oct. 2010. http buhund.org breedhistory.html . ref Description General Appearance The Norwegian ... nose. ref Norwegian Buhund, Norwegian Buhund Club of America Breed Standard. Norwegian Buhund, Norwegian ... The Norwegian Buhund is a highly cheerful and active breed. They do not tire easily and require extensive exercise on a daily basis. The Norwegian Buhund needs to expel its energy and becomes destructive .... However, due to their high level of energy and need for intensive training, Norwegian Buhunds ..., the Norwegian Buhund is highly intelligent. They are communicative and brave, but rarely will snap ..., since the Norwegian Buhund may bark at each new alarming noise or movement. This breed is also ... level of energy, the Norwegian Buhund makes an excellent obedience and agility dog. People ... the personality of the Norwegian Buhund. It is also an ideal dog for people who are athletic ... for a sports enthusiast. ref Norwegian Buhund Breed Information & Pictures Norsk Buhund, Norwegian ... dog breeds Norwegian Buhund.asp . ref Health The Norwegian Buhund are prone to an inherited eye issues and hip dysplasia. Grooming The Norwegian Buhund breed has a short to medium length ... more details
breeds norwegian elkhound index.cfm altname Norsk Elghund br Gr Norsk Elghund br Gray Norwegian Elkhound br Small Grey Elk Dog br Norwegian Moose Dog br Harmaa norjanhirvikoira ankcgroup Group ... Norwegian Elkhound Grey&hl en&gl us&ct clnk&cd 3 image Norwegian Elkhound.jpg image caption A Norwegian ... Hound kcukstd http www.thekennelclub.org.uk item 32 name Norwegian Elkhound note The FCI divides this into two breeds, BR Grey 242 and Norwegian Elkhound Black Black 268 . nzkcgroup Hounds nzkcstd ... info. Article Begins Here The Norwegian Elkhound is one of the ancient Northern Spitz type dog breed ... of them were used to track and hunt moose and other large game, like bear or wolf. The Norwegian Elkhound ... Club AKC breed name Norwegian Elkhound is a direct translation from its original Norwegian language Norwegian name Norsk Elghund, meaning Norwegian moose dog. European settlers mistakenly called the elk North American cousin of the red deer an elk , when in fact in the Norwegian language the term ... also slowly drive the moose towards shooters lying in wait. The Norwegian Elkhound is also used ... 1em width 520px colspan 3 style text align center background maroon font color white Norwegian Elkhound ... tightly over back Limbs Straight and parallel Life span 10 12 years File Norwegian Elkhound 1.jpg thumb 270px Norsk elghund, Norwegian Elkhound The dog stands about 45 52 cm 20.5 high and weighs ... sized dog and extremely hardy. Temperament Image Norwegian elkhound head.jpg thumb left Adult Norwegian Elkhound displaying characteristic friendly expression. Norwegian Elkhounds are bred for hunting ... loud bark which makes them suitable as watchdogs. Norwegian Elkhounds are loyal to their pack and make ... of the family. Norwegian Elkhounds can be challenging to train because of their intelligence and deep ... and are particularly good tracking dogs. Image Norwegian Elkhound in California.jpg thumb right A Norwegian Elkhound being shown off at the Scandinavian Festival hosted by California Lutheran ... more details
Expand list date August 2008 As a general rule, modernNorwegian does not use exonyms for names with Exonym and endonym endonyms in Latin script. Historically, several Danish German exonyms have been in use, due to the Danish roots of the Bokm l variety of Norwegian language Norwegian , but these exonyms should be considered archaic, and are no longer used officially. Below is list of Norwegian language exonyms for places outside of Norway TOCright Albania Tirana Tiran Tirana not really an exonym, this is the definite form of the name in Albanian language Albanian Belgium Brussels Brussel Bruxelles Br ssel Bryssel Cuba Havana Habana Havanna Czech Republic Prague Praha Prag archaic, German exonym Finland Until quite recently, most people tended to use the official List of cities and towns in Finland Swedish names in Norwegian. The Swedish names are not exonyms, since both Finnish language Finnish and Swedish language Swedish are official languages in Finland , with many towns, cities and regions having two, often very different, official names. In recent years, however, the use of Finnish place names have gained some popularity in Norwegian. Germany Stralsund Str la archaic Greece Athens Athina Athen Aten Corfu Kerkyra Korfu Corinth Korinthos Korint Korinth Crete Kriti Kreta Pireus Pire s Pireus Rhodes Rodos Rhodos Israel Palestine Jerusalem Jerusalem Al Quds Jorsal archaic, Old Norse language Norse exonym Italy Florence Firenze Florens archaic, German exonym Genoa Genova Genua archaic, German exonym Naples Napoli Neapel archaic, German exonym Padua, Italy Padova Padua archaic, German exonym Rome Roma Rom archaic, German exonym Syracuse, Italy Siracusa Syrakus archaic, German exonym Lithuania Vilnius Vilna archaic, German exonym Poland Krak w Krakau archaic, German exonym Szczecin Stettin archaic, German exonym Russia Saint Petersburg Sankt Peterburg Sankt Petersburg Novgorod ... sprakrad.no Ordboeker Geografiske namn Official spellings for names of foreign places Category Norwegian ... more details
monophthongization in certain dialects of modernNorwegian. IPA ei IPA e IPA y IPA IPA au IPA ...distinguish2 Bokm l and Nynorsk , the two official written variations of the Norwegian language The Norwegian dialects are commonly divided into 4 main groups, North Norwegian nordnorsk , Tr ndelag Norwegian tr ndersk , West Norwegian vestlandsk vestnorsk , and East Norwegian stnorsk . Sometimes Midland Norwegian innlandsm l is considered a fifth group. The dialects are generally mutually intelligible ... . If not accustomed to a particular dialect, even a native Norwegian speaker may have difficulty ... learned Norwegian as a second language , in certain social groups in the major urban areas ... November 2007 West and South Norwegian South Norwegian Aust Agder , most of Vest Agder and Fyresdal , Nissedal , Drangedal and Krager in Telemark South West Norwegian inner parts of Sogn og Fjordane ... Agder Bergen Norwegian or Bergensk Bergen, Norway Bergen North West Norwegian Romsdal , Sunnm re , Nordfjord , Sunnfjord and outer parts of Sogn North Norwegian Helgeland Norwegian Nordland county south of Saltfjellet , except for Bindal Nordland Norwegian Nordland county north of Saltfjellet Troms Norwegian Troms county, except for Bardu and M lselv Finnmark Norwegian Finnmark county, except for Kautokeino , Karasjok , Tana, Norway Tana and Nesseby . East Norwegian Viken, Norway Vikv r Norwegian ... Norwegian Ringerike , Romerike , and Oslo Oppland Norwegian southern Hedmark and south eastern Oppland sterdalen sterdal Norwegian northern Hedmark Midland Norwegian Gudbrandsdal Norwegian northern Oppland Valdres and Hallingdal Norwegian south west Oppland and western Buskerud Western Telemark Norwegian Vinje , Tokke and Kviteseid Eastern Telemark Norwegian Tinn , Hjartdal , and upper Numedal Tr ndersk Tr ndelag Norwegian Outer Tr ndelag Norwegian Nordm re , outer S r Tr ndelag , and Fosen Inner Tr ndelag Norwegian inner S r Tr ndelag , Innherad , Lierne , and Sn sa Namdal Norwegian Namdalen ... more details
Infobox Ethnic group group Flag icon Norway Norwegian American Flag icon USA small br Norskamerikanere ... T. Waits C.R. Hagen Marilyn Monroe John Ashcroft J. Ashcroft small poptime Norwegian br 4,642,526 ... Flag New York pop18 92,796 region19 Flag Montana pop19 90,425 langs Historically Norwegian language Norwegian , but later English language English because of Americanization immigration Americanization ... with some in other denominations. related Norwegian people Norwegians , Norwegian Canadian s, Scandinavia Scandinavian American s, Norwegian Australian s, Norwegian New Zealander s Norwegian Americans lang no norskamerikanere are United States Americans of Norwegian people Norwegian descent. Norwegian ... few decades of the 20th century. There are more than 4.5 million Norwegian Americans according to the most recent U.S. census, and most live in the Upper Midwest . Norwegian Americans currently comprise ... thumb left U.S. postage stamp featuring the ship Viking honoring the 100th anniversary of Norwegian immigration. Image Cleng.peerson.jpg thumb 100px Cleng Peerson Colonial settlement There was a Norwegian ... colony of New Amsterdam having immigrated in 1633. Another of the first Norwegian settlers was Albert ... was the grandson of Norwegian immigrants. His mother s parents were Roelof Janse 1602 1637 , born ... also Norwegian settlers in Pennsylvania in the first half of the 18th century, and in upstate ... Society of Friends and Haugean s. Organized Norwegian immigration to North America began in 1825, when ... often called the Norwegian Mayflower under the leadership of Cleng Peerson . To a great .... A. Clausen. Norwegian American Historical Association. Volume 29 Page 3 ref The ship landed in New ... Peerson became a traveling emissary for Norwegian immigrants and died in a Norwegian Settlement near ... vol27 12.htm The Kendall Settlement Survived Richard L. Canuteson. Norwegian American Historical Association. Volume 27 Page 243 ref While there were about 65 Norwegian individuals who emigrated via ... more details
German Nordic officername officertitle Norwegian heraldry has roots in early medieval times, soon ... much by the official authorities. The Norwegian Heraldry Society is a private heraldic organisation ... heraldic privileges The Danish nobility Danish and the Norwegian nobility enjoyed also heraldic ... and higher ranks. Noble coronets Norwegian adelskrone , whether they were physical coronets or appearing ... Norwegian family arms have been created and established by private individuals and needed no grant or confirmation by any official authorities. Not many Norwegian family arms are those of former noble ... they are sanctioned by the King and they are protected by the Norwegian Penal Code. For royal ... on which they are printed. There is no special Norwegian heraldic authority but the government uses the National Archives of Norway as expert consultant for municipal arms. The Norwegian Ministry ... royal crown. Civic heraldry Today practically all Norwegian municipalities and all counties have their own ... with connection to the area. ref Hans Cappelen Norwegian Simplicity. The principles of recent public ... Norway nis.html Norwegian heraldry . Scandinavian heraldry society . Accessed 2009 06 20. ref ... for all units in the Norwegian Army . ref name heraldik Air force insignia, arms and badges all bear ... World War . ref name heraldik Gallery gallery File Den norske kirkes v pen.svg The Norwegian Church File Luftforsvaret emblem.gif The Norwegian Air Force File GarnisonenSV.svg S r Varanger Garnison of the Norwegian ... Features Norwegian heraldry belongs historically and basically to Heraldry German Nordic heraldry German Nordic heraldic tradition . However, foreign impressions have found their way into modern heraldry. Norwegian heraldry uses traditionally the five main colours. Orange is not used. ref FOTW id no colou title Colours in Norwegian Heraldry . Accessed 2009 06 20 ref House marks and monogrammes File Norsk bumerke.jpg Example of a Norwegian bumerke. thumb 150px Bumerke plural bumerker , rarely ... more details
as an influential Norwegian playwright who was largely responsible for the popularity of modern realistic ... noted for promoting modern European poetry, both as poet and critic. He argued for a renewal of Norwegian ...Norwegian literature Norwegian language topics Norwegian people Norwegian literature is literature composed in Norway or by Norwegian people . The history of Norwegian literature starts with the Norse ... a dark age in the nation s literature though Norwegian born writers such as Peder Clauss n Friis and Ludvig ... notable Norwegian writers include the two Nobel Prize winning authors Knut Hamsun and Sigrid Undset ... of Harald Fairhair . This tradition continued through the 10th century with the major Norwegian ... moved to Iceland and Norwegian rulers such as Eir kr H konarson and Olaf II of Norway St. Olaf ... preserved Norwegian prose works are from the mid 12th century, the earliest are Latin hagiographical ... . Medieval Norwegian literature is closely tied with medieval Icelandic literature and considered ... the author of the Heimskringla , a detailed history of the Norwegian kings that begins in the legendary Ynglinga saga and continues to document much of early Norwegian history. The period of common Old Norse literature continued up through the 13th century with Norwegian contributions such as Thidreks ... and Icelandic literature became increasingly isolated. Four Hundred Years of Darkness Norwegian literature ... Denmark Norway Dano Norwegian union 1387&mdash 1814 . Ibsen characterized this period as Four Hundred Years of Darkness. During the period of union with Denmark, Danish replaced Norwegian. The university ... name Blankner Blankner 1938. ref The reformation was imposed on Norway in 1537 and the Dano Norwegian ... written records, as pastors were trained in Copenhagen. Thus, Norwegian language written Norwegian ... the landscape, mode of life, conditions and character of the northern Norwegian people. Two other ... gifted poet was Anders Arrebo who translated the Psalms into Norwegian and composed the creation poem ... more details
of Norway. As a result, the development of modern written Norwegian has been subject to strong ... as Middle Norwegian and is seen by many as a transitional period from Old Norwegian to ModernNorwegian ... the Danish language, or build a new national language based on ModernNorwegian dialects ... lost in parliament by a single vote. The name Nynorsk , the linguistic term for ModernNorwegian ... Vocabulary By far the largest part of the modern vocabulary of Norwegian dates back to Old Norse ...Infobox language name Norwegian nativename norsk pronunciation n k states br flag Norway 4.8 million ... Bokm l official Riksm l unofficial stand3 H gnorsk unofficial script Latin script Latin Norwegian alphabet nation Norway br Nordic Council agency Norwegian Language Council Bokm l and Nynorsk br Norwegian Academy Riksm l iso1 no tt Norwegian br tt nb tt Bokm l br tt nn tt Nynorsk iso2 nor tt Norwegian ... 52 AAA ba to be & br 52 AAA cf to cg notice IPA Norwegian people Norwegian norsk is a North Germanic .... Together with Swedish language Swedish and Danish language Danish , Norwegian forms a dialect continuum ... called Scandinavian languages . Faroese and Icelandic are hardly mutually intelligible with Norwegian ... and governmental policy, there are two official forms of written Norwegian ndash Bokm l literally book language and Nynorsk literally new Norwegian . The Norwegian Language Council is responsible for regulating the two forms, and recommends the terms Norwegian Bokm l and Norwegian Nynorsk in English ... by the Norwegian Academy , which translates it as Standard Norwegian . H gnorsk High Norwegian ... century, but is not widely used. There is no officially sanctioned standard of spoken Norwegian, and most Norwegian dialects Norwegians speak their own dialect in all circumstances. The sociolect of the urban ... Kristoffersen cite book last Kristoffersen first Gjert title The Phonology of Norwegian publisher Oxford ... 9780198237655 ref This so called standard stnorsk Standard Eastern Norwegian is the form generally ... more details
File Hans Gude Vinterettermiddag 1847.jpg right 250px thumb Hans Gude s Winter Afternoon 1847 Norwegian people Norwegian art came into its own in the 19th century, especially with the early landscape painters. Until that time, the art scene in Norway had been dominated by imports from Germany and Holland and by the influence of Danish rule. Initially with Landscape art, later with iia. ref http www.culturalprofiles.org.uk ... of Norwegian landscape painting . After a period in Copenhagen , he joined the Dresden school ... Norway, defining Norwegian painting for the first time. ref name HFG cite book last Haverkamp ... Romanticism to Realism in Landscape accessdate 2008 01 07 language Norwegian ref Another important early contributor was Johannes Flintoe 1787 1870 , a Denmark Danish Norway Norwegian painter, known for his Norwegian landscapes and paintings of folk costumes. He taught at the School of Drawing Tegneskolen ... Norwegian farm culture . His best known painting is The bridal procession in Hardanger together ... Denmark encouraged painters to develop their Norwegian identity, especially with landscape painting .... Returning to Norway in 1880, he became one of the leading figures on the Norwegian art scene ... something of a scandal. ref http www.artcyclopedia.com nationalities Norwegian.html Norwegian ... with clear, strong colors. He is remembered as one of the greatest Norway Norwegian artists from ... romanticist, is remembered for his paintings of R ros , and the Norwegian national painting Winter ... for The Scream which is said to represent the anxiety of modern man. Painted in 1893, The Scream ... widely interpreted as representing the universal anxiety of modern man. ref Eggum, 1984, p. 10 ref ... painters of northern Norwegian nature. Other noteworthy 19th century painters are August Cappelen ... painters from 20th century Norwegian art are Reidar Aulie , Per Krohg , Arne Ekeland , Kai Fjell , Jacob ... Norwegian culture Category Norwegian art Category Art by nationality Norway et Norra kunst ... more details
Infobox Ocean Ocean name Norwegian Sea image Ocean V gakaillen nattlys.JPG caption Ocean The Vestfjord ... mit Grenzen.png In German, but much more informative than previous File Norwegian Sea map.png caption ... bse http bse.sci lib.com article082535.html Norwegian Sea , Great Soviet Encyclopedia in Russian ref ref name brit http www.britannica.com EBchecked topic 420384 Norwegian Sea Norwegian Sea , Encyclop dia Britannica on line ref ref name ICES1 refICES ICES, 2007 , p. 1 ref The Norwegian Sea lang no Norskehavet ... Mayen Ridge separates it from the Greenland Sea . Unlike many other seas, most of the bottom of the Norwegian ... are rich in fish that visit the Norwegian Sea from the North Atlantic for Spawn biology spawning ... the Arctic seas, the Norwegian Sea is ice free throughout the year. Extent The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Norwegian Sea as follows ref cite web url http www.iho ... and geography File World Wind Globe NASA Norwegian Sea 3.jpg thumb Norwegian Sea, surrounded ... Bear Island . File V r y og R st.jpg thumb V r y and R st islands, Lofoten , Norway The Norwegian ... zone in refS tre S tre, 2007 , pp. 35 43 ref The present continental slope in the Norwegian ... 8,000 years ago that induced a major tsunami . ref name Origin The coasts of the Norwegian Sea were ... clear off the Norwegian coast along Helgeland and north to the Lofoten Islands . ref name Origin The Norwegian continental shelf is between 40 and 200 kilometres wide, and has a different ... Ridge separates the Norwegian Sea from the North Atlantic. This ridge is on average only 500 metres ... explains the formation of cold, dense deep water in the Norwegian Sea. The entire circulation pattern ... Four major water masses originating in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans meet in the Norwegian Sea, and the associated ... Atlantic Current flows in from the Atlantic Ocean, and the colder and less saline Norwegian Current originates in the North Sea. The so called East Iceland Current transports cold water south from the Norwegian ... more details
Infobox Ethnic group group Norwegian Dakotan population 312,697 br small 21.4 of the Dakotan population ... in the United States 2009 ref languages American English , Norwegian language Norwegian religions Lutheran Christianity related Norwegian American footnotes Norwegian people File 2009 0521 ... of the population in North Dakota is of Norwegian ancestry. File Dean Franklin 06.04.03 Mount Rushmore Monument by sa .jpg thumb 14.0 of the population in South Dakota is of Norwegian ancestry. A Norwegian Dakotan is a Norwegian American a person with Norwegian ancestry in the U. S. State s of North Dakota North and South Dakota . One in three of all North Dakota ns is of Norway Norwegian heritage ... claim Norwegian American Norwegian ancestry , 21.4 of the region s population 30.8 of North Dakota s population and 14.0 of South Dakota s population , or 6.7 of the total Norwegian American population ... influx of Norwegians took place. North Dakota The Norwegian immigrants began arriving in North ... they re found everywhere in the state. Because of the lack of farmland in Norway, the Norwegian immigrants ... Dakota Norwegian Settlements North Dakota Norwegian settlements ref . The towns of Columbus, North Dakota Columbus and Larson, North Dakota Larson is approximately 100 Norwegian, founded by Columbus ... these towns have a strong Norwegian heritage, none of the inhabitants speak Norwegian. Like the trend ... examples of Norwegian ghost cities in North Dakota, especially in the northwestern part of the state ... is now Bue, North Dakota Bue named for the settlers Norwegian home in B , Telemark in Nelson County ... Norwegians in North Dakota ref . Sondre Norheim , Father of Modern Skiing, immigrated to North Dakota ... vol29 12.htm Sondre Norheim Folk Hero to Immigrant by John Weinstock Norwegian American Historical ... was Norwegian, and in 1889 one third of the population were Norwegians. The towns of Roslyn, South Dakota Roslyn and Pierpont, South Dakota Pierpont were originally almost 100 percent Norwegian, but it should ... more details
unreferenced date January 2008 The speciedaler was the currency of Norway between 1816 and 1875. It replaced the Norwegian rigsdaler rigsdaler specie at par and was subdivided into 120 skilling called skilling species on some issues . It was replaced by the Norwegian krone when Norway joined the Scandinavian Monetary Union . An equal valued krone krona of the monetary union replaced the three currencies at the rate of 1 krone krona Danish rigsdaler Norwegian speciedaler 1 Swedish riksdaler . Coins In 1816, coins in circulation from the previous currency remained in circulation, with only 1 skilling coins being minted. A new coinage was introduced in 1819, consisting of copper 1 and 2 skilling and silver 8 and 24 skilling, and 1 specidaler. Silver 2 and 4 skilling coins were introduced in 1825, followed by copper skilling pieces in 1839, silver 12 skilling in 1845 and silver 3 skilling in 1868. Banknotes Norges Bank began issuing notes in 1817, with denominations of 24 skilling, , 1, 5, 10, 50 and 100 speciedaler. See also Danish rigsdaler Swedish riksdaler dollar Norway hist stub money unit stub Category Modern obsolete currencies Category 1816 establishments in Norway Category 1875 disestablishments Category 19th century in Norway Category Economic history of Norway it Speciedaler norvegese ja no Speciedaler nn Spesidalar fi Norjan speciedaler ... more details
by historians as the year when the modernNorwegian army was born. During the war of 1643 45, the Norwegian ... invaded Norway yet again, and this time the Norwegian army held its own, setting the stage for nearly a century of peace the longest yet in modernNorwegian history during which a distinct Norwegian ...Infobox military unit unit name Norwegian Army image File Norwegian army coat of arms.svg 120px Emblem ... War br Scanian War br Great Northern War br Theater War br Swedish Norwegian War 1814 br Occupation ... has contributed to two major conflicts, the Cold War and the War on Terror . The Norwegian Army currently .... The Army is the oldest of the service branches, established as a modern military organization ... tried to revive the volunteer leidang , with dire results. As the Norwegian citizenry had not been ... Norwegian Armed Forces a decision echoing down the centuries in traces of Germanic vocabulary used by the Norwegian military to this day. In 2008 the army faced criticism from within for only ... of Dano Norwegian . With the outbreak of the Napoleonic wars, Denmark Norway and Sweden Finland ... had thus to agree that each shipload of coal leaving Britain be matched with incoming Norwegian ... militia File Krag J rgensen, Krag Petersson, Jarman M1884 and Remington M1867.jpg thumb The Norwegian ... on mobilization amount to 282,000 men. The Norwegian infantry was armed with the Norwegian designed ... 5 cm. The budget of the army for 1919 20 was 1,940,000. 20th century File Norwegian Army Air Service Gloster Gladiator 423.jpg thumb 250px right Gloster Gladiator of the Norwegian Army in 1940 Norway ... participated in the allied recapture of Narvik. The greatest accomplishment of WW2 by Norwegian forces ... all the way from the ocean to the Swedish border. In addition to the Norwegian Campaign, Norwegian soldiers joined the Norwegian resistance movement after German forces occupied Norway. The Home Front Hjemmefronten was the Norwegian resistance movement during Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany Nazi ... more details
selfref For assistance with IPA transcriptions of Norwegian for Wikipedia articles, see WP IPA for Swedish and Norwegian . refimprove date January 2010 IPA notice The sound system of Norwegian language Norwegian resembles that of Swedish language Swedish . There is considerable variation among the dialects, but the variant generally taught to foreign students is Standard Eastern Norwegian, which is the one ... phonemes of Standard Eastern Norwegian colspan 2 Labial consonant Labial colspan 2 Dental consonant ... perspektiv p sammenfallet av sj lyden og kj lyden i norsk in Norwegian ref Another allophone of IPA l , in addition to being the standard pronunciation of it in some dialects of Norwegian, the velarized ... use IPA and the same letter precedes the l . In Southern and Western Norwegian more guttural realizations of the IPA r phoneme, known in Norwegian as skarring , have become more commonplace in the last ... . Some loanword s and onomatopoeia are pronounced with external sounds, not used in proper Norwegian ... of Standard Eastern Norwegian ref Harvcoltxt Kristoffersen 2007 p 13 ref rowspan 3 colspan ... name Kristoffersen 2007 19 The phonemic status of long and short IPA in Standard Eastern Norwegian ... syllables. ref Harvcoltxt Kristoffersen 2007 p 20 ref Accent Norwegian is a pitch accent language ... identical pronunciation. For example in most Norwegian dialects, the word lang no b nder farmers ... the minimal pairs are written alike, since written Norwegian has no explicit accent marks. There are significant ... tones can be transcribed on the first vowel as IPA for accent 1 and IPA for accent 2 the modern ... give the Norwegian language a singing quality which makes it fairly easy to distinguish from other languages ... bisyllabic nouns lang no b tta , ruta , jenta . Monosyllabic tonal accents In some dialects of Norwegian ... in the dialect of Oppdal . Loss of tonal accents Some forms of Norwegian have lost the tonal accent ... in Norwegian and this can be rather confusing for foreigners. The exact same phenomenon occurs ... more details
Norwegian serfdom can be a way of defining the position of the Norwegian lower class farmers, though they were not actually in serfdom by Europe an standards. ref name HistoryWorld cite web url http www.historyworld.net wrldhis PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid ac73 title History of Norway last Gascoigne first Bamber date From 2001, ongoing publisher HistoryWorld accessdate 21 November 2009 ref ref name Kajanto cite web url http www.uib.no neolatin HistNote.html title A Historical Note last Kajanto first Iiro publisher Database of Nordic Neo Latin Literature University of Bergen accessdate 21 November 2009 location Norway quote In Norway and Iceland, serfdom never made any inroads. ref The evolution of this social system began about 1750 . The system of Norwegian inheritance was based on a paternal line. Usually the younger sons got a share of the original farm, thus splitting it up in smaller homesteads. In the eastern parts of the country, and to some extent the mountain municipalities, the smaller homesteads still belonged to the main farm, and the lesser farmers were obliged to work the fields on the main farm as well as their own, in exchange for living there. This could lay heavy burdens on the smaller homesteads. As time passed, the smaller homesteads passed from farmer to farmer, and the actual bonds between the families could be broken. In Hedmark , a main farm could govern up to ten smaller homesteads, spread around in the forests and fields connected to the farm. Social ... the serfs were evicted, and the homesteads torn down. Many of the Norwegian migrants to United States America came from this social class. So did also the main stock of Norwegian workers, as the land ... of Norwegian small farmers . Today, many of those homesteads are mostly used for leisure. Cultural ... the first to adapt to modern standards and music. Hence, the medieval ballads and the oldest folk ... a lower class, but some of his teachers were not. In Norwegian fairy tales, the heroes and heroines ... more details
The rigsdaler was the unit of currency used in Norway until 1816 and in Denmark until 1873. The similarly named Reichsthaler , riksdaler and rijksdaalder were used in Germany and Austria Hungary , Sweden and the Netherlands , respectively. History During the political union between Denmark Norway Denmark and Norway , Danish rigsdaler Danish currency circulated alongside Norwegian. Norway itself issued currency denominated in two different rigsdaler, the rigsdaler courant and the rigsdaler specie , with 96 Swedish skilling skilling to the rigsdaler courant and 120 skilling to the rigsdaler specie. In 1816, following the establishment of the union between union between Sweden and Norway Sweden and Norway , the rigsdaler specie was renamed the Norwegian speciedaler speciedaler and became the standard unit of currency in Norway. Coins In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, coins were issued in denominations of 1, 2, 4, 8 and 24 skilling, frac 1 15 , frac 1 5 , , , and 1 rigsdaler specie. Banknotes In 1695, government notes were issued for 10, 20, 25, 50 and 100 rigsdaler spelt rixdaler . In 1807, notes were reintroduced by the government, in denominations of 1, 5,10 and 100 rigsdaler courant, with 12 skilling notes added in 1810. In 1813, Norges Rigsbanken began issuing notes. Denominations were for 3, 6, 8 and 16 skilling, , 1, 5, 15, 25, 50 and 100 rigsdaler. References sourcesstart numis cite SCWC date 1991 numis cite SCWPM date 1994 sourcesend dollar Category History of Denmark Category Modern obsolete currencies Category Currencies of Denmark Category Currencies of Norway Category 1873 disestablishments Category Economic history of Norway Norway hist stub money unit stub it Rigsdaler norvegese ... more details
For Norwegian rock music Norwegian rock Norwegian Rock coor dm 53 2 S 73 19 E is a sunken rock outside the entrance to West Bay , about 1.2 nautical miles 2.2 km southeast of West Cape , off the west side of Heard Island . The name Norvegian Rock appears in a supplement to the 1930 British Admiralty Antarctic Pilot and probably reflects the work of Norwegian whalers in the vicinity in that general period. The form Norwegian Rock was recommended by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia ANCA in 1954. usgs gazetteer Category Rock formations in Antarctica Subantarctic geo stub ... more details
Copy edit date April 2011 Infobox Ethnic group group flagicon Norway Norwegian Australian flagicon Australia ... Leikvoll caption Henry Lawson Chris Leikvoll poptime 4,324 Norwegian born ref name OECD cite web url ..., Western Australia Perth langs Australian English , Norwegian language Norwegian rels Protestant , Roman Catholic related c Norwegians , Norwegian South African , Norwegian New Zealander , Norwegian American , Norwegian Canadian , Danish Australian , Swedish Australian Norwegian people Norwegian Australian lang no Norskaustraliere are Australians of Norwegian people Norwegian ancestry, the majority of these people were part of the Norwegian diaspora . History An organized European immigration ... flocked to the volunteers, and it has been said that as many as 5000 Norwegian born was in the periods .... In 2008, 800 people celebrate the Norwegian Constitution Day in Brisbane . The 17 May celebrations in Brisbane has in recent years been considered to be the largest celebration of the Norwegian ... for Norwegian students. There are currently about 2,500 Norwegians studying in Australia. There are also some 200 Norwegian students in New Zealand. Half of the Norwegian students in Australia and New Zealand are members of ANSA the Association of Norwegian Students Abroad . The Norway Australia relations Norwegian Embassy in Canberra cooperates closely with ANSA Australia, and has for instance its own column in ANSA Australia s magazine ANZA . Notable Norwegian Australians class wikitable border 1 Name Birth and Death Occupation Notes Linda Bergskas 1978 Fashion Designer Norwegian descent Chris Leikvoll 1975 rugby league player Norwegian descent Annalise Braakensiek 1972 Model, actress and TV presenter Czech, German and Norwegian descent Anita Hegh 1972 Actor Norwegian and Swedish Estoninan descent Dominic Purcell 1970 Actor Of Norwegian, English and Irish descent Andrew Voss 1970 sports commentator Norwegian descent Mary Hansen 1966 2002 Singer Danish and Norwegian descent Jasmuheen ... more details
Infobox Identity document document name Norwegian passport image Norwegian passport.jpg image caption The front cover of a contemporary Norwegian ePassport date first issued October 1, 2005 current version using jurisdiction flag Norway valid jurisdictions document type Passport purpose Identification eligibility Norwegian nationality law Norwegian citizenship expiration 2 years for children up to the age of 5 3 years for children up to the age of 10 5 years for individuals aged 10 16 and 10 years for individuals aged 16 and older ref https http prado.consilium.europa.eu en 2124 docHome.html ref Norwegian Passports are issued to nationals of Norway for the purpose of international travel. The passport may also serve as proof of Norwegian citizenship and are valid for ten years. The passport ... Area EEA . Consequently, Norwegian citizens generally have the same rights as EU citizens in EEA .... Physical appearance Regular Norwegian passport s are burgundy in colour, with the Coat of arms of Norway ... i.e., Norway in the two forms of Norwegian language Norwegian and in English language English is inscribed ... page Image NorPassdatapage.png right thumb 300px Norwegian ePassport information page The Norwegian ... No. Surname Given Names Nationality Norsk Norwegian Height Date of birth National identification ... page information page is printed in Norwegian language Norwegian and English language English . Until the 1990s, the data and information pages were printed in Norwegian language Norwegian , French ... dropped when the data was moved to just one page. Manufacturing defect Machine readable Norwegian passports ... page coming loose, thus invalidating the passport. The Norwegian passport authorities will replace ... See also EFTA Nationality law of Norway Visa requirements for Norwegian citizens Travel document External links http www.consilium.europa.eu prado EN categories NOR A resultByCountryCategory.html Norwegian ... Images of a 1923 Norwegian passport from www.passportland.com References Council of the European Union ... more details
its continental counterparts with a stronger focus on game food game and fish . ModernNorwegian ...Unreferenced date April 2007 Norwegian people File Norwegian.food Sm rbr d 01.jpg thumb Sm rbr d , Norwegian open sandwich Norwegian cuisine in its traditional form is based largely on the raw materials ... Europe an city. Seafood The one traditional Norwegian dish with a claim to international popularity is smoked salmon. It is now a major export, and could be considered the most important Norwegian contribution to modern international cuisine. Smoked salmon exists traditionally in many varieties, and is often .... A more peculiar Norwegian fish dish is Rakfisk , which consists of fermentation food fermented trout .... The largest Norwegian food export in the past has been t rrfisk dried codfish. The Atlantic cod ... of the modern menu. Meat and game File Norwegian.cuisine Reinsdyrsteik 01.jpg thumb Reinsdyrsteik ... whale meat is not controversial in Norway. Typical main courses Although Norwegian cuisine has ... syltelabb is served with the traditional Norwegian jule l English Christmas Ale , beer and liquor ... for about 3 hours and served with mashed rutabaga and potatoes. Sodd is a traditional Norwegian ... where those are grown. The wild growing cloudberry is regarded as a delicacy. A typical Norwegian ..., waffles and biscuits. Cardamom is a common flavouring. Another Norwegian cake is Krumkake , a paper ... Norwegian Holiday season, many different dessert dishes are served including Jul Norway Food Julekake ... staple of the Norwegian diet. The most popular variety is grovbr d , or coarse bread whole grain ... to Nationmaster the world s leading coffee consumer, with the average Norwegian drinking ... a large role in Norwegian culture, and it is common to invite people over for coffee and cakes, and to enjoy ... on the Latin aqua vitae water of life. The Norwegian linie style is distinctive for its maturing ... . For personal consumption, it is illegal by Norwegian law to produce beverage with more than 60 alcohol ... more details
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